Visual Developer Creating ActiveX Controls with Visual Basic 5: The Comprehensive Guide for Creating Powerful Web Controls [Paperback]

Al Williams (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2, 1997

Gives you step-by-step instructions for creating great Active X controls, from simple COM objects to complex ActiveX servers, with Visual Basic. Features techniques for delivering the ActiveX control to the client, storing large data streams outside the control's normal storage, and loading large data streams "in the background," while the user performs other tasks. Shows you all the tricks you need to jump in and get results right away with the ActiveX registry. Gives Visual Basic programmers a fast and easy way to jump into ActiveX and Web development.

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About the Author

Al Williams (League City, TX) is the Java columnist and development section editor for Web Techniques magazine. He is the author of over a dozen popular computer books, including Active Server Pages Solutions, MFC Black Book, and Developing ActiveX Web Controls. His writing credentials also include the Windows Commando column for Visual Developer Magazine. In addition to consulting, Al frequently lectures on programming all over the United States.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Coriolis Group (May 2, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576101282
• ISBN-13: 978-1576101285
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,547,186 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good book for those who want fast results, June 11, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Visual Developer Creating ActiveX Controls with Visual Basic 5: The Comprehensive Guide for Creating Powerful Web Controls (Paperback)

I found this book to be an excellent introduction to how to make VB ActiveX controls. Unlike a lot of books, it covers special Internet topics and doesn't get bogged down in a lot of details that aren't important. However, the details that are important (like what really happens in the registry, for example) are well explained.

I've used many of the substantial examples as a basis for my own controls with great success.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Serious VB folks look elsewhere, January 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Visual Developer Creating ActiveX Controls with Visual Basic 5: The Comprehensive Guide for Creating Powerful Web Controls (Paperback)

I found the book to be written more for someone with little or no VB experience, coming from a C++ enviroment. I got no more from the book than from the VB online help and a little web searching turned up. A "use the wizards and learn C++ if you want to be a professional programmer" attitude prevails. Check out Dan Applemans ActiveX with VB5 book for a more robust tome.